Man taken into custody after standoff

Police say man made threats

UPDATED 11:39 PM EST Feb 22, 2013

CLAREMONT, N.H. -

Police said an armed New Hampshire man was taken into custody Friday after a four-hour standoff with police.

Authorities said Anthony Jarvis Jr. had barricaded himself in his home on Providence Avenue about 11 a.m. after officials visited the house to do a parole check. They said he was cooperative at first but then became agitated and started making threats.

Jarvis went into his home and wouldn't come out, police said. Police believed he might have a firearm, so they evacuated nearby homes.

"As part of establishing a perimeter around the residence, we did evacuate a number of homes, and one of the homes in close proximity had young children in it," said Claremont Police Chief Alexander Scott.

Police said Jarvis was apprehended without incident about 3 p.m. They said they haven't located a weapon so far.

No one was injured.

Next-door neighbors said they have known Jarvis for about five years.

"Tony is not a person who is going to hurt anybody because he loves his children, he loves his wife. He is a great neighbor," said neighbor Cote Waterman.

Waterman said he believes the situation was a misunderstanding.

"We used to play baseball, football together. (He's a) really nice guy, would never hurt anybody as far as I know," said Waterman.

Police said they did not find a gun inside the home.

Jarvis' father, Anthony Jarvis Sr., was shot and killed by police in 2008 in a similar standoff in Charleston. That standoff began when police went to the home to arrest Anthony Jarvis Sr.'s other son, Jesse Jarvis.

The New Hampshire Attorney General's Office ruled that the shooting was justified.

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